The Drone Panic and Public Mistrust in Government
WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
The Wall Street Journal
4.2 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:32.7 | From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, |
| 0:35.9 | this is Potomac Watch. |
| 0:38.6 | Are they birds? Are they planes? Are they alien invaders? Are they Iranians? What is it with |
| 0:44.9 | the drones that are being cited all over the place on the East Coast, especially in New Jersey, |
| 0:50.5 | of all places? The appearance of unidentified aerial objects has dominated the news in recent |
| 0:57.4 | days around the East Coast with politicians demanding answers, offering explanations of what |
| 1:02.7 | might be happening. Some of them bizarre. But what does this mean? Is our society simply being overwhelmed |
| 1:09.1 | with mistrust for anything that authorities tell us? |
| 1:14.1 | That's our subject for Potomac Watch today. |
| 1:16.4 | Welcome, I'm Paul Giego with the Wall Street Journal Opinion page, and this is our daily podcast. |
| 1:21.8 | I'm here with Bill McGern and Kim Strassel. |
| 1:25.3 | Welcome to you both. |
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